Gast
Hi, I stumbled across this site by chance whilst looking for someone who can develop 30-year-old Instamatic negatives. As a complete novice, I’ve now realised that this might be a problem. I’d be grateful for any advice!
MirkoBoeddecker
Has the film already been developed, or are we talking about the film development process?
Wolf_XL
...Colour or black-and-white colour film is almost a lost cause – there is a lab in the US that specialises in this sort of thing, but it’s expensive. Black-and-white might work with a bit of luck – it really depends on how the film was stored...
Gast
Hello,
I reckon if you’re a complete novice, you really need to ask this quite clearly (it’s not your fault; it’s probably down to all that nonsense spouted by the photography industry: ‘We’ll turn your digital images into proper photos’).
Do you have an Instamatic cartridge that you found somewhere, still unopened but ‘snapped’, or do you have the film strips and want paper prints made from them?
Paper prints are no problem; just find the nearest photo shop and hand them in.
If you still have the film in the cartridge, please let us know the brand and type, e.g. Agfacolor Universal, or whatever it is.
Gast
Thank you for your replies and for your patience with me! These are films that have already been developed, so I have the negative strips, which have been lying around in drawers for quite a long time. And they’re in colour... At the bottom of the negative strips, it just says ‘Kodak Safety Film’ or sometimes ‘Fuji Safety Film’. Unfortunately, I can’t say anything about the camera, as it was too long ago. Sorry I can’t be more specific. Is there really no hope? Thanks, Ibi
MirkoBoeddecker
Any decent lab should be able to print photos from developed negatives.
If necessary, any specialist lab.
I think only the high-street chains (such as Schlecker and Rossmann) don’t do that anymore.
Otherwise, almost any scanner can scan them, and you can order prints online.
Best regards,
Mirko
